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Pioneering Women in Venture Capital: Kathryn Gould

Steve Blank

Also the adage As hire As, Bs hire Cs—absolutely true—be careful of the company you keep, And what goes around comes around. Two companies I helped start in 1992, DCTM and Grand Junction Networks both became Stanford business school cases and very valuable, successful companies. I was on the way to my lifetime IRR of 90%.

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Software Startup Myths Debunked

www.singlefounder.com

Myth #3: I need a partner. It’s a common belief that having a partner allows a company to become more successful because the duo can feed off each others’ ideas and make them better. Partners can not only feed off each other, but they will help bolster one another when the going gets tough. Really big. Filo and Yang.

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The Venture Capital Secret: 3 Out of 4 Start-Ups Fail

online.wsj.com

The company raised $45 million in venture capital from firms including DCM, Emergence Capital Partners and Bessemer Venture Partners, and built partnerships with AOL Inc., David Cowan of Bessemer Venture Partners has stuck with Mr. Dreymann. 1992 Recommendations. the previous year. Comcast Corp., Of the 6,613 U.S.-based

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30 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Business

Hearpreneur

So I hired an incredible team and together, we created a solution to solve my very own problem so that we could have a home that is true to our family’s values, pocketbook, and one that respects our planet and is mindful of our future. So, I partnered with my soon-to-be husband and took a drive to the manufacturing site of Saltillo, Mexico.